Thematic Bible: Of self


Thematic Bible



in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

So they will make him stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will shake the head.

So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

He *said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.






He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”




For it flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.






At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;

So Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.

So Solomon observed the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly who came from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt. On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar they observed seven days and the feast seven days. Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy of heart because of the goodness that the LORD had shown to David and to Solomon and to His people Israel.



He who loves transgression loves strife;
He who raises his door seeks destruction.

“You felt secure in your wickedness and said,
No one sees me,’
Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
I am, and there is no one besides me.’

"But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

“Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.


Do not claim honor in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of great men; For it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen.

“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

‘Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the clouds, and its heart is haughty in its loftiness,

They said to Him, “Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory.”


They said to Him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized.

Peter *said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You.”



Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.






Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?


Strangers devour his strength,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.


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